Eight prep sluggers advance in Triple-A home run derby

2:54 AM,
Apr. 29, 2013

McQueen's Kody Reynolds swings on Sunday.

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A strong breeze severely limited the power display from right-handed hitters, and only one player hit out, but eventually eight high school baseball players advanced one step closer to competing in the Triple-A home run derby on July 15 in Reno.

Nineteen players from Northern Nevada and Lake Tahoe took their cuts Sunday at Aces Ballpark, but North Tahoe's Baird Bishop was the only one to reach the warning track in the first round.

Five other sluggers advanced in the second round, with a modified warning track closer to home plate, and the final two qualifiers were determined in the third round. ...